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TAFFY HOTENE: The
father of Kylie Jones is demanding to know why Taffy Hotene
was let out of jail early to kill his daughter. Yesterday
Hotene pleaded guilty to the rape and murder of Jones. Mr
Jones Kylie’s father says a life sentence is a joke. A
Taumaranui cop who arrested him said Hotene told him any
woman in a skirt deserved what they got. The matter was
raised in Parliament. Hotene will be sentenced next month.

GANG WAR FEARS: Police fear a fatal shooting in
Christchurch may be the beginning of a gang war.

POLICEMAN
SHOT IN ACCIDENT: Police chiefs want to know why live
ammunition was used by a trainee by accident and a Police
Sergeant was shot in the stomach. The officer is expected to
be out.

DOVER SAMUELS: No way back to Cabinet for Dover
Samuels says the PM. “No MP has the right to be a minister“.
Dover Samuels says that he was asked to pay by the mother of
the woman he had a relationship with. Samuels also believes
Tregerthan told someone he was going after a “fat Maori in
the Beehive” and that the woman would not have brought the
matter up on her own.

JACKIE SAMUELS: Samuel’s wife
Jackie says she feels a huge sense of relief in the wake of
the police deciding to stop two of three investigations.
Voters in the street think that Samuels should get his job
back. Jackie says she doesn’t think her husband will get his
job back. A hui may be held in Northland to decide whether
to send a delegation to the Beehive to ask the PM to give
Dover his job back.

TOURISM BOOM: Tourism Board is upbeat
about a tourism boom. In the year to June numbers and
spending is up 10%. Wellington is doing well and

PETROL
PRICES: Shell has put up the price of its petrol by 3 cents
too. BP has meanwhile announced a doubling in its profit.

NOT A POLICE CAR: A car that looks like a police car is
causing controversy. Aristocrat pickles has painted a sales
car. The police say they are not going to make.

Alastair Thompson is the co-founder of Scoop. He is of Scottish and Irish extraction and from Wellington, New Zealand. Alastair has 24 years experience in the media, at the Dominion, National Business Review, North & South magazine, Straight Furrow newspaper and online since 1997. He is the winner of several journalism awards for business and investigative work.

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